Enermax Thormax GT Full-Tower Case: Big on Ideas

A Closer Look at the Enermax Thormax Giant

The Thormax Giant’s styling is similar to Enermax’ Coenis mid-tower case with extruded side panels and a busy and blocky angular look reminiscent of futuristic armor seen in video games. The pattern is similar on both left and right panels but the left side has a more utilitarian mesh 180mm/200mm fan mount on the octagonal shaped stamp with a 180mm Enermax T.B. Vegas LED fan pre-installed and an acrylic viewing window on most of the remaining recessed area.

The front panel console sits on the top front corner at an angle and serves not only as a hub with four USB 2.0 ports, a pair of USB 3.0 ports and audio ports, it also has LED toggle and a fan controller below the power and reset buttons. A small area at the top front is recessed slightly, serving as a phone or mobile device charging hub. The fan controller is powered by a 4-pin MOLEX connector plugged into the power supply.

The front is fully meshed on the four 5.25″ drive covers and has stylized mesh for the lower area for the intake fan. This entire cover comes off from the bottom first while pulling to the front, revealing the 180mm T.B. Vegas LED fan pre-installed for intake. Like the side panel, a 200mm fan can also be installed here in place of the 180mm fan.

The rear shows a large opening at the top. This is a dedicated metal handle mounted on the chassis with rubberized grip for conveniently moving the Thormax Giant around. The mesh part of the top cover comes off by removing a pair of thumbscrews and sliding the cover back and lifting.

The roof is raised to support a pair of 140mm/120mm radiator fans. The mounting holes for these are not the sliding type but a static 15mm gap with no support for 20mm radiators.

Exhaust duties are provided by a bundled Enermax Enerflo 120mm fan but 140mm fan mounting holes are also provided should users want to upgrade. The power supply is mounted at the bottom of the nine expansion slots with fully meshed and reusable covers. For those who need to route watercooling hoses externally, four grommeted 25mm holes are provided at the side of the expansion slots while two more 20mm un-punched holes are available at the top.

Underneath, the entire bottom intake area has a pair of dust filters that are accessed from the front and back.

The feet at the bottom are different from other cases in that it can swivel to a wide angle to customize stability.

Internally, the chassis supports motherboards up to E-ATX in size. Any motherboard less than E-ATX in size has eight cable routing holes to the side and bottom but when an E-ATX motherboard is installed, the three routing holes with rubber grommets to the side are obscured. Two additional routing holes are also available for the CPU 8-pin and fans on the top of the motherboard tray.

Aside from the 120/140mm fan support in the rear and 180/200mm fan support on the front and side panel, additional fan mounting support at the top and bottom are available. Up to two 120mm fans can be installed at the bottom while 3x120mm or 2x140mm or 1×180/200mm fans can be installed at the top, although the third 120mm fan mount at the front is obscured by the front panel tray cover.

Four 5.25” expansion slots are available, all of which have a pair of tool-less locks to hold components in place. These locks can be mounted in five different positions, depending on the device length and the front most position allows the bundled tray to pull double duty as an external 3.5” adapter while housing a pair of 2.5” devices.

There are five 3.5” HDD trays in total split in two cages; the middle three of which, come off completely for extra space. These 3.5” HDD trays also support 2.5” drives as well. All cables are plugged in behind the right side panel and also has several loops to secure cables down with a zip tie. An additional SSD mounting option is available behind the motherboard tray and can be installed even after mounting the motherboard because it is hooked on one side and screwed in place from the other side.

The optional headphone mounting can be placed on any metal surface since it is magnetic. It has a fairly strong grip and has no problems holding on to any headset without moving.